Reposting for those who weren't here at the beginning of the show. #at40

Wishing all my #at40 friends a good Christmas week. As Stevie says, "Someday at Christmas Men won't be boys Playing with bombs Like kids play with toys"

Oh yeah, I'm sure there was a Desiderata poster in Our House, too. #at40

At the risk of being obvious, American Pie is one of the handful of songs that I knew, the minute I first heard it, would be a huge number one classic. #at40

Here I am in 71 stirring up a huge batch of sangria for a party at that "Our House" house I mentioned before. Chukka boots, wire rims, flared jeans, work shirt, check! How we all were such good students, I can't fathom. #at40

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

I read that this year at the E. Fitzgerald memorial, they added a 30th chime in honor of Lightfoot's passing. #at40

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

#at40 Today's early broadcast clocked in at 2 hours 53 minutes. They had started playing the number ones from the whole decade, and at least one "extra" and LDD.

Casey sings! Sort of. Right before number 34 (10/26/74). #at40

There used to be a radio PSA by the Illinois Sec of State encouraging organ donations. He used the Someone saved, someone saved...refrain on it and I thought it was very effective. #at40

Pets inspire us every day. They make us better people and light our life when it all is dark. They are our soulmates, in every sense of the word.

No LDDs, flashbacks, listener questions, or other extraneous stuff this week. Wonder if they were edited out or if the original show didn't have them. #at40

I actually think the union would mind, Jackson. #at40

I remember seeing news coverage of Pope John Paul II when he was touring somewhere, and the crowd of tens of thousands was singing Rivers of Babylon as he was being driven in. It was amazing and somewhat moving. #at40

In Baker Street, I believe the line, "when you thought it held everything" is an allusion to this Samuel Johnson quote: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford." #at40

#at40 early show started late, is a "top acts of the 70s" from 7/6/74.

I recall hearing, at the time, that Carradine wrote this song to be as bad as he could make it, to make fun of ... something or somebody. Do any of our music insiders know anything about this?

Fwiw, the early #at40 just started eight minutes before the hour.

#at40. This van Gogh story has been debunked by an art historian doing primary research. He did not give it to a prostitute. You can google a short article, "What actually happened to Vincent van Gogh's ear?...." on the Berkeley library website. Also, Casey reads lyrics, so two Bingo squares!

#at40 Another European trip in 77! I was so incredibly lucky. Holding up the baldacchino inside St. Peter's Basilica.

Oh boy, in 74 I was preparing for a multi-week stay in Appenzell, Switzerland. Heard some of these songs on Armed Forces Radio out of Munich. Great days! This is on Mt. Ebenalp, I think. #at40

The firing of the Librarian of Congress is worse than many appreciate. The Librarian is appointed for a ten year term by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position is nonpartisan and runs the critically important Congressional Research Service. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...

I watched much of the early broadcast this morning. It clocks in at just a tad over 2 hrs. As usual, it has some greats and some awfuls. Those with "Casey speaking reverently" on their bingo card are in luck. #at40